Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Mastic Thyme

Anostirus castaneus compared with Thymus mastichina

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Mastic Thyme
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Elateridae	Lamiaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Thymus
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Thymus mastichina

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Mastic Thyme

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Mastic Thyme
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland.

Mastic Thyme

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

The Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle (Anostirus castaneus) is a species in the genus Anostirus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.